Comment Re:Slashvert (Score 1) 536
Once you get an iPod/iPhone/iMac/mac mini "open" it is actually very easy to service the parts. The smaller devices use little ZIF ribbons that make it fairly easy, the computers use interfaces that are also easy to figure out even if you've never serviced your own computer. Had apple not made it hard to open these devices there would be a lot more people buying replacement parts to fix these devices rather than shelling out for new ones. Apple could have easily kept the same form factors and made these devices user serviceable, it just means there are a couple screws on those shiny back plates.